{
  "id": 7722888,
  "title": "Active Exploitation Attempts Target WSO2 API Manager JWT Bypass With Forged Admin Tokens",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/active-exploitation-attempts-target-wso2-api-manager-jwt-bypass-with",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-16T05:18:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/active-exploitation-attempts-target.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A critical security flaw in WSO2 API Manager has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to findings from watchTowr. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-5430 (CVSS score: 9.8/10.0), is a case of improper verification of a cryptographic signature that could result in account takeover. Hacktron Team has been credited with discovering and reporting the flaw. \"JWT authentication",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}